† right-drawnadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of a sword: drawn in a rightful or just cause.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > [adjective] > drawn > in rightful or just cause
right-drawn1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 46 What my tong speaks, my right drawen sword may proue. View more context for this quotation
1661 R. Davenport City Night-cap iii. 27 If these Princes Please to permit, before their guilty thoughts Injure another hour upon the Lady, My right drawn sword shall prove it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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